Yeesh. Conor. Brutal night.

Oh Conor why is it the better you hit the worse you field ?

Yeesh. Conor. Brutal night.

 

No kidding.

It's too bad Gillaspie isn't good enough to be an everyday player. You know he tries and cares, but he's just not good enough.

 

Could be 4 errors for him tonight

Could be 4 errors for him tonight

Easily

Three hitters, overall, hit into more DPs than any other spot. Part of Tango's research on batting order years ago.

Actually I found it on ESPN's stats. The Sox no.3 hitters are 13th's in the ML for GDP's which is pretty good/bad considering we're 27nd in OBP or if you prefer our leadoff hitters are 12th's in OBP and our no. 2 hitters are last in MLB and our no.9 hitters are last in the AL in OBP by a wide margin .234 for 15th place to .250 for 14th . I didn't use MLB for no. 9 hitters since the of NL teams have pitchers bat 9th most of the time .

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Wow, this might be the worst individual defensive game I've ever seen. Hopefully this means more Semien going forward.

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So are the Sox trying to make Leury Garcia a right-handed hitter only?

Actually I found it on ESPN's stats. The Sox no.3 hitters are 13th's in the ML for GDP's which is pretty good/bad considering we're 27nd in OBP or if you prefer our leadoff hitters are 12th's in OBP and our no. 2 hitters are last in MLB and our no.9 hitters are last in the AL in OBP by a wide margin .234 for 15th place to .250 for 14th . I didn't use MLB for no. 9 hitters since the of NL teams have pitchers bat 9th most of the time .

So that means in the 3 batting order spots that proceed the # 3 hitter ( 9,1, 2 ) don't get on base very much but our # 3 hitters are still have hit into the 13th most DP's in the league. So when we do have men on with less than 2 outs our # 3 hitters have hit into a higher percentage of DP's.

 

While doing this research I've found it also supported my idea that I don't like Robin's lineups. Our # 8 hitters are 1st in the AL in battng average (.291)and OBP (.339) while our #2 hitters are last in OBP (.280)

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So are the Sox trying to make Leury Garcia a right-handed hitter only?

Odd that Robin pinch hits for Conor unless he thinks he was sparing him from some boos , when Conor has 2 hits off Porcello tonight . Also ,as you noted ,Leury is a switch hitter but batting RH against the RH Porcello.

 

If you're going to send a RH up why not Semien ? Ha so now Garcia is playing 3rd and Semien 2nd.

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My quick thoughts on Johnson:

 

- I don't like his wind-up, as I worry about him being able to repeat his delivery

- His fastball velocity was up today, which is great to see

- Slider is far and away his best offspeed pitch

- He needs to have better command of all of his pitches

- His changeup is not MLB caliber

19 days left for the 2nd wildcard.

 

TB 78-65 -

Bal 77-67 1.5

Cle 77-67 1.5

NY 77-68 2.0

KC 76-69 3.0

 

Could get crazy the last week, and the Sox are going to be in prime position to spoil.

My quick thoughts on Johnson:

 

- I don't like his wind-up, as I worry about him being able to repeat his delivery

- His fastball velocity was up today, which is great to see

- Slider is far and away his best offspeed pitch

- He needs to have better command of all of his pitches

- His changeup is not MLB caliber

He has a good curve. The Tiger's announcers at one point called it Verlanderesque but noted that he didn't seem to throw it much.

3rd pick magic number- 15

This was a bad game, as all the young players struggled.

Actually I found it on ESPN's stats. The Sox no.3 hitters are 13th's in the ML for GDP's which is pretty good/bad considering we're 27nd in OBP or if you prefer our leadoff hitters are 12th's in OBP and our no. 2 hitters are last in MLB and our no.9 hitters are last in the AL in OBP by a wide margin .234 for 15th place to .250 for 14th . I didn't use MLB for no. 9 hitters since the of NL teams have pitchers bat 9th most of the time .

 

I just meant in general. Not Sox only

This team is unwatchable

He has a good curve. The Tiger's announcers at one point called it Verlanderesque but noted that he didn't seem to throw it much.

 

That curve looked nasty at some points.

That curve looked nasty at some points.

 

He definitely needs to throw it more, as too many of his pitches are hard.

I just meant in general. Not Sox only

I know what you meant it just didnt answer my original question which my own subsequent answer did.

He definitely needs to throw it more, as too many of his pitches are hard.

I think we should just be content that he's getting the big league experience this month so he has some idea that he needs to really be on top of things this offseason.

I was at the cell last night and it was a total disappointment all around. The game itself was an abortion...just awful.

 

You'd think at "Blackhawks Night", they would have that silver trophy that the team won last year brought out on to the field...NOPE. I know it was at the Bears game on Sunday and I'm pretty sure they had the cup at the cubs game earlier this season as well. It's been everywhere, but on the South Side. s***, they could have had it on the concourse, charged $10 for a picture with it and donated it to the team charity.

 

I figured they'd trot the ambassador's out there, which they did(except for Bobby). But then we had 2 draft picks that hadn't even made the team yet(Tevo and the new kid from Buffalo Grove), 2 scrub defensemen from Rockford(Stanton and Clendening) and then finally a real Hawks player in Crawford. Maybe had the players and ambassadors available for autographs as well. It wouldn't need to be for 3 hours, but a little session would have been nice. Not to mention having a couple of other players from the cup winning team like were at the other events.

 

The free scarf we got was nice, so that's a positive from it.

I was at the cell last night and it was a total disappointment all around. The game itself was an abortion...just awful.

 

You'd think at "Blackhawks Night", they would have that silver trophy that the team won last year brought out on to the field...NOPE. I know it was at the Bears game on Sunday and I'm pretty sure they had the cup at the cubs game earlier this season as well. It's been everywhere, but on the South Side. s***, they could have had it on the concourse, charged $10 for a picture with it and donated it to the team charity.

 

I figured they'd trot the ambassador's out there, which they did(except for Bobby). But then we had 2 draft picks that hadn't even made the team yet(Tevo and the new kid from Buffalo Grove), 2 scrub defensemen from Rockford(Stanton and Clendening) and then finally a real Hawks player in Crawford. Maybe had the players and ambassadors available for autographs as well. It wouldn't need to be for 3 hours, but a little session would have been nice. Not to mention having a couple of other players from the cup winning team like were at the other events.

 

The free scarf we got was nice, so that's a positive from it.

 

I do believe coach Q did bring the Cup to a Sox game after they won it.

I feel sorry for EJ.

 

Feel sorry for the whole pitching staff. They have had to put up with this all year long.